Once in a red moon, an artist emerges on the scene as if fully formed. Born on the Six Nations Reserve and raised in the small ghost town of Brantford, Ontario – Logan Staats started writing and performing music in his early teens.

From a young age, Logan’s haunting and distinct voice has won him multiple opportunities to share the stage with acts like Buffy Sainte-Marie, Keith Secola and Mumford and Sons, to name a few.

Still a young man, Logan is regarded as an accomplished, multi-nominated and an award winning artist. Forever a student of great music – Staats enjoys jamming, collaborating and learning from his contemporaries and other recording artists. A great example is a powerful late night live off the floor version of Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice” in collaboration with peer Terra Lightfoot.

Logan’s live performances are juxtaposed by a level of self-possession and control that still wildly careen through emotions of sadness, hope, longing and joy.

A product of passion, compulsion and tireless musical commitment – Logan’s songs are his own. Armed with his guitar and harmonica, he has transitioned from running the weekend bar circuit to playing sold out venues across Canada including his favourite venue, The Sanderson Centre, in his hometown.

Logan is fresh off his win on The Launch, a new TV show that gives Canadian singers a shot at stardom. Staats was chosen out of 10,000 applicants to be featured on the inaugural season of the series, and was mentored by Canadian country megastar Shania Twain. The song that Staats performed is called The Lucky Ones, and was written by Grammy nominated songwriter busbee. What’s more, The Lucky Ones topped the Canadian charts as the number one song in the country the day after the release.

Ingrained with the mentality that anything is possible when you put your heart and soul into it, Staats is hell bent on raising the bar for indigenous/mainstream crossover music.

Currently on an open journey of art, expression and culture, no matter which medium you find Logan through- he’s incredible to watch.

What should we make of the rapidly changing regulatory status of cannabis worldwide and what does our movement need to keep moving forward? Williams will touch on his patient story and how he came to become a cannabis activist. He’ll discuss how the movement for rational cannabis regulation can and must continue to move the ball forward in light of significant progress in the United States, Canada and around the world over the past few years. Williams will also make the case that the industry MUST continue to meet the needs of patients like him as we rapidly move toward an adult use universe.

Montel Williams is one of the highest profile advocates for cannabis in the country. He has used cannabis products to effectively manage the symptoms of his chronic illness since his diagnosis in 1999.

It’s a rare moment in history – Canada is first in something other than maple syrup and hockey. Our homegrown expertise, now sought-after the world over, is what will drive global business development in the cannabis industry and help break down barriers for patients around the world. Learn how our best practices, policy development and advocacy agenda are pushing countries around the world to further the discussion on legalizing medical cannabis, and where the market development opportunities lie

Cam Battley is Chief Corporate Officer of Aurora Cannabis, one of the world’s largest and fastest growing cannabis companies. A passionate spokesperson for the medical cannabis industry, Cam started with Aurora Cannabis in March 2016 and has been a key driver to Aurora’s emergence as a global leader

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